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Thursday Nov 5 | The Austin Chronicle

Off the Record

To repurpose a phrase from Seinfeld , 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest is the Festivus for the rest of us, a two-day alternative holiday for all the freaks and geeks.

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Related Topix: Punk, Off the Record, Life, Holidays, Gza, Hip-Hop, The Pharcyde, Brian Posehn, Post, TX

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

John Grisham's short stories long on characters

It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham. The author of "A Time to Kill," "The Client" and other blockbusters has written his first collection of short fiction, "Ford County," set in the Mississippi community he has used often in his fiction.

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Related Topix: John Grisham, Vocal, Southaven, MS, Entertainment, Drama, Television, 9, Life, Holidays

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Broward-Palm Beach - News

Terra Madre, Boston's Birthday, Lola's Cooking Demos

I know many of you were looking forward to celebrating Festivus this year, but Slow Food has an even better winter holiday to take part in.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Food, Slow Food

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Reichl: Sadness, support follow Gourmet's closing

Don't tell former Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl this week's closing of the venerable food magazine reflects any sort of judgment on the food elite.

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Related Topix: Life, Gourmet, Food, Kansas City, MO, Journalism, Holidays, Entertainment

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Queerty

What Self-Respecting Gay Couple Will Agree to Go On Seinfeld's Marriage Ref?

Remember that comedian whose television show ruled the 1990s and turned Festivus into a national holiday? Well now Jerry Seinfeld is on the other side of the camera producing the reality show The Marriage Ref , a show with a premise as terrible as Bridezillas : Let's find couples that fight with each other, then bring in a marriage referee to call ...

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Related Topix: Seinfeld, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Life, Holidays, Jerry Seinfeld, Cameras, Gay/Lesbian

Tue Sep 22, 2009

The Dizzies

Festivus?

"Plum" also paid endless attention to detail. On display is a letter to the novelist Arnold Bennett, thanking him for his praise.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Thu Sep 10, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Judge: Seinfeld book doesn't violate trademark

A federal judge Thursday tossed out a cookbook author's claim that comedian Jerry Seinfeld's wife was a culinary copycat when she came out with her own book explaining how to entice children to eat vegetables.

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Related Topix: Jerry Seinfeld, Julie & Julia, Detroit Metro, Life, Holidays, Abu Ghraib, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

Sat Aug 29, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

We can't lose our Reader's Digest

Now comes the sad news that Reader's Digest has declared bankruptcy, a phrase that cracks me up ever since seeing Michael Scott, the idiot boss on "The Office," walk around solemnly and loudly announcing, "I Declare Bankruptcy" thinking that was all there was to it.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Myrtle Beach Metro, Life, Holidays, Opinion, Entertainment

Thu Aug 27, 2009

The Daily Weekly

The Capitol Building Was a Little Too Cush for a Manger and a Festivus Pole, Anyway

Sir, you're going to have to take that outside. After Bill O'Reilly made Olympia ground zero for the culture wars last year, objecting to an atheist sign beside a Nativity scene in the Capitol and setting off a frenzied debate over religious and anti-religious displays , the state decided it's not taking any risks this year--at least not inside ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas

Tue Aug 25, 2009

The Daily Weekly

The Capitol Building Was a Little Too Cush for a Manger and a Festivus Pole, Anyway

Sir, you're going to have to take that outside. After Bill O'Reilly made Olympia ground zero for the culture wars last year, objecting to an atheist sign beside a Nativity scene in the Capitol and setting off a frenzied debate over religious and anti-religious displays , the state decided it's not taking any risks this year--at least not inside ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas

Fri Jul 31, 2009

WTVJ Miami Channel 6

Holy Festivus: "Seinfeld" Cast to Reunite

After 11 years, Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer are planning a return to the small screen -- but not for an actual "Seinfeld" reunion show.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Life, Holidays, Soap Opera, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David

Wed Jul 29, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Diplomat gets one year in visa bribery scheme

A former official at the U.S. consulate in Toronto was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday for expediting visas in exchange for gifts of jewelry and trips with exotic dancers.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Wake County, NC, State Prisons, Prison, Mecklenburg County, NC, Federal Prisons

Fri Jul 24, 2009

The Oregonian

Christmas in July at Roots --- Holiday ales and a toy drive.

End Oregon Craft Beer Month with with some of the most popular and biggest winter beers in Portland.

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Related Topix: Beer, Life, Holidays

Mon Jul 13, 2009

Las Vegs Sun

George Costanza: Master of his (poker) domain

At last report, Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld" fame was holding his own at the World Series of Poker.

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, Jason Alexander, Life, Holidays

Sat Jul 11, 2009

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

'Manifestivus' brings diverse grooves to Cabot

Malian singer Oumou Sangare makes a rare U.S. appearance Friday, July 17, in Cabot as part of the seventh annual Sol Harvest Festivus for the Restivus.

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Related Topix: Cabot, VT, Ethnic, Oumou Sangare, Life, Holidays, Huntington, VT

Thu Jun 25, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

Festivus for your Soul? Foster your inner Seinfeld with the 2010 Denim Kia Soul

Find out more about Michael: Michael Sheena has been a car nut for as long as he can remember.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Blog News, Speakers, Sports

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Philly.com

Do you think you're a patient person?

Puffy shirts, Soup Nazis, jerk stores, low-talkers, high-talkers, close-talkers, and even a Festivus for the rest of us - not bad for a contest about nothing.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Jerry Seinfeld

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Philly.com

Seinfeldians had boned up on nothing

Puffy shirts, Soup Nazis, jerk stores, low-talkers, high-talkers, close-talkers, and even a Festivus for the rest of us - not bad for a contest about nothing.

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Related Topix: Seinfeld, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Life, Holidays, Jerry Seinfeld

Mon Jun 15, 2009

PhillyBurbs.com

Tim McCarver, a crooner?

I thought FOX had to be playing a joke on Tim McCarver -- and the viewing public -- when it played a clip from McCarver's supposed "new album" during the Yankees-Mets broadcast on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Opinion

Sun May 24, 2009

Weatherford Democrat

Dad calls cops after Seinfeldian argument

I couldn't help thinking of George this week when a story broke about an Ohio man who became so enraged at his father's request to clean up his room, he threw a plate of food at the offending parent and balled up his fist in anger.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Opinion

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